Editing San Jose, California (section)

=== Sports ===
{{See also|Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area}}
[[File:SAP Center.jpg |thumb|upright|A [[San Jose Sharks]] hockey game at [[SAP Center]]]]
[[File:Avaya Stadium 2016 screenshot 03.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[PayPal Park]], home of the [[San Jose Earthquakes]]]]
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Club
! Sport
! Founded
! League
! Venue (capacity)
|-
|[[San Jose Sharks]]
|[[Ice Hockey|Hockey]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1991
|[[National Hockey League]]
|[[SAP Center]] (17,562)
|-
|[[San Jose Earthquakes]]
|[[Association football|Soccer]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1995
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|[[PayPal Park]] (18,000)
|-
|[[San Jose Barracuda]]
|[[Ice Hockey|Hockey]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2015
|[[American Hockey League]]
|[[Tech CU Arena]] (4,200)
|-
|[[San Jose Giants]]
|[[Baseball]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1988
|[[California League]]
|[[Excite Ballpark]] (4,200)
|-
|[[San Jose State Spartans]]
|[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[College football|Football]]
|align=center |1893
|[[Mountain West Conference]]
|[[CEFCU Stadium]] (21,520)
|}

San Jose is home to the [[San Jose Sharks]] of the NHL, the [[San Jose Barracuda]] of the AHL, and the [[San Jose Earthquakes]] of Major League Soccer. The Sharks and the Barracuda play in the [[SAP Center at San Jose]]. The Earthquakes built an 18,000 seat [[PayPal Park|new stadium]] that opened in March 2015. San Jose was a founding member of both the [[California League]] and [[Pacific Coast League]] in minor league baseball. San Jose currently fields the [[San Jose Giants]], a Low-A affiliate of the [[San Francisco Giants]].

San Jose has been host to several [[United States Olympic Committee|U.S. Olympic team]] trials over the years. In 2004, the San Jose Sports Authority held the trials for judo, taekwondo, trampolining and rhythmic gymnastics at the [[San Jose State Event Center]].  SAP Center hosted the Gymnastic trials in 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Field set for 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics in San Jose, Calif. |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10284 |website=USA Gymnastics |date=June 12, 2022 |access-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220050112/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10284 |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2016 (women's only).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=18902|title=Women's Olympic trials, Congress bring gymnastics community to San Jose this week|work=[[USA Gymnastics]]|access-date=February 20, 2022|archive-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220050115/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=18902|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[U.S. Figure Skating Championships]] (used in Olympic years to select the Olympians) in 1996, 2012, and 2018. It was due to host the 2021 Championship, but that was moved to [[Las Vegas]] and it will instead host 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Figure skating nationals moving from San Jose to Las Vegas |url=https://apnews.com/article/skating-winter-olympics-figure-skating-san-jose-olympic-trials-6496eb677af4e63b5edf6e5c1a569e23 |access-date=February 20, 2022 |agency=Associated Press |date=November 9, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220050111/https://apnews.com/article/skating-winter-olympics-figure-skating-san-jose-olympic-trials-6496eb677af4e63b5edf6e5c1a569e23 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, around 90 percent of the members of the United States Olympic team were processed at San Jose State University prior to traveling to the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://origin.mercurynews.com/tv/ci_9980596 |title=Unseen Heroes: Olympians in 'lockdown' at SJSU on way to Beijing |author=Bruce Newman |work=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |date=July 24, 2008 |access-date=July 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201192559/http://origin.mercurynews.com/tv/ci_9980596 |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2009 Junior Olympics for trampoline were also held here.

In August 2004, the San Jose Seahawk Rugby Football Club hosted the USA All-Star [[Rugby Sevens]] Championships at Watson Bowl, east of Downtown.
San Jose State hosted the 2011 [[American Collegiate Hockey Association]] (ACHA) national tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Jose State Spartans Team History |url=http://www.sjsuhockey.net/NewHistory.html |publisher=sjsuhockey.net |year=2010 |access-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012055622/http://www.sjsuhockey.net/NewHistory.html |archive-date=October 12, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] is also frequently held in San Jose.

From 2005 to 2007, the [[San Jose Grand Prix]], an annual street circuit race in the [[Champ Car World Series]], was held in the downtown area. Other races included the [[Trans-Am Series]], the [[Toyota Atlantic Championship]], the United States Touring Car Championship, the [[Historic Stock Car Racing Series]], and the [[Formula D]] [[Drifting (motorsport)|Drift racing]] competition.

In the 2010s, San Jose "aggressively wooed" the [[Oakland Athletics]] to relocate to San Jose from nearby Oakland, but the [[San Francisco Giants]] exercised a veto against this proposal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/southbaybaseball/ci_15883617 |title=How the A's ballpark plans stack up |work=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=August 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426100608/http://www.mercurynews.com/southbaybaseball/ci_15883617 |archive-date=April 26, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, the city of San Jose sued [[Major League Baseball]] for not allowing the Athletics to relocate to San Jose.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/19/5509860/mark-purdy-san-jose-takes-big.html |title=San Jose takes big swing at Major League Baseball |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624222013/http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/19/5509860/mark-purdy-san-jose-takes-big.html |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |access-date=October 17, 2014 }}</ref> On October 5, 2015, the [[United States Supreme Court]] rejected San Jose's bid on the Athletics, who in 2023 announced they would relocate to [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/U-S-Supreme-Court-rejects-San-Jose-s-bid-to-6550805.php |title=U.S. Supreme Court rejects San Jose's bid to lure Oakland A's |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=October 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006050342/http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/U-S-Supreme-Court-rejects-San-Jose-s-bid-to-6550805.php |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>